I continued to check the newspaper daily
during the seven years that Carmina was with us. I just couldn’t figure out why she was never
reported missing or who she belonged to…and why weren’t they trying to find
her?
Why wasn’t I arrested and in prison for
my crime?
Just then, an idea came to mind…I could
go to the police and turn myself in.
They’d have to arrest me and I’d finally be away from Carmina!
I put my plan in motion the next
morning. “Carmina…before you go to
school today…let’s go to the store.”
“Good, you’re finally learning! I didn’t even have to tell you to take me
this time.”
“Get
dressed…I’ll meet you in the car,” I responded.
We both got into the car and I drove
toward the police station.
Carmina didn’t suspect anything, because
we always passed City Hall, where the police station is located on the way to
the toy store.
It wasn’t until I pulled around the back
of the building and parked that Carmina began to ask questions.
“Where
are we going?”
“I
have a surprise for you!” I answered…for
once not having to fake my enthusiasm.
Carmina stopped when I turned and began
to walk up the walkway to City Hall.
“There’s no good surprises here! You’re
so dumb…what, what are you doing?”
Inside the large building, we followed
the signs until we found ourselves inside the lobby of the police
department. Carmina must have been
really curious, because she didn’t say anything or ask any questions.
“I KIDNAPPED THIS GIRL SEVEN YEARS AGO
FROM SAINT JAMES HOSPITAL!” I announced
as loud as my voice could project.
Everyone in the room stopped what they
were doing. All eyes were on Carmina and
I…just what I wanted.
“PLEASE…I COMMITTED A CRIME AND SHOULD BE
IN PRISON!” I continued to shout.
An officer stepped out into the lobby
from a door on my left. “Ma’am…may we
help you? Is what you’re saying true?”
“Yes officer…I kidnapped this girl and
abandoned my own child at the hospital.”
“Then
I need you to follow me…” the officer ordered.
I was almost excited as I followed the
officer to his desk.
“Have
a seat,” he said gesturing to a nearby chair.
I complied as the officer began to access
the files on his computer.
“Seven years ago you say?” He asked as he clicked his mouse
periodically.
“Yes, Saint James hospital,” I answered
barely able to keep a slight smile off of my face.
I glanced over at Carmina who had been
busy talking to another officer across from me.
She gave me a death stare when she saw me looking, but I didn’t care,
because I knew I’d soon be free of her.
“That’s funny, because no infants were
reported missing from that hospital seven years ago, nor the few years before
and after that.”
“What!?”
I was shocked. “You have to check
again…what about an abandoned baby?” I
asked.
The officer stood up and glanced over at
Carmina, who was busy charming the lady officer, “Ma’am…I don’t know what your deal is and why
you’re trying to be rid of such a delightful child…but there’re no missing or abandoned
babies.”
What the hell? How could Carmina have not been reported
missing…and where was my real daughter?
The officer sighed… “We really don’t have
time for this…why do you insist on wasting our time?”
“I’m not…I…but…I know what I did…I don’t know why it
wasn’t called in.”
“Maybe because it didn’t happen…look,
you’re not the first fed up mom to come in here trying to have a child arrested
or taken away because you can’t deal with the responsibility.”
“No!” I insisted.
“I KNOW what I did…just do a DNA test…you’ll see that she’s not
mine.”
“Are you deaf? Do you think this police department has that
kind of time and resources?”
“Take your daughter and get out of here
NOW!”
I
closed my eyes as he spoke…just imagining the things that I was going to have
to deal with now that my plan had backfired
Carmina turned and reentered the
lobby. I had no choice but to follow.
She seemed to be in shock. I walked out of the police stationed followed
by an elderly woman, as Carmina took a few moments to let everything that had
happened soak in.
“How dare you!” Carmina hissed when we were finally
outside. “How dare you lie like
that!”
“Lie about what?” I asked stupidly trying to do anything to
smooth over what I had tried to do.
“Lie about a kidnapping so that you’d be rid of me!” Carmina screamed.
“I was just kidding. It was a
joke,” I answered frightened by the evil
I saw in her eyes.
“You’ll suffer for this…ohhhh
you’ll suffer!”
Just then Carmina turned and ran down the
walkway toward the street…
I thought she would either turn the
corner or stop once she got to the sidewalk, but she didn’t…
…not until she was in the middle of the
street.
I was horrified as I watched what seemed
like a slow motion scene…
All I saw was a flash of yellow…and then
red…too much red.
“Carmina!” I yelled, unable to believe what she had
done.
Before I fully realized what was going
on, almost every cop in the police station along with random civilians and
other City Hall workers were there on the street; staring in shock. There was a lot of commotion …I could hear
sirens approaching from down the street and I believe an ambulance had just
pulled up…but above it all, I still heard the words spoken by the man standing
next to me…
“I can’t believe she pushed that
beautiful girl into the street like that!”
I didn’t have time to react. Some of the cops heard him too, and
apparently they thought the same thing.
A couple of the cops grabbed my arms and dragged me back into the police
station before I could see what happened next with Carmina.
“You’re a disgusting human being,” the
older cop said as he tightened his grip on my arm.
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